I agree, but if only the asshats of our town were as colorful as Donald Pleasance. I dream of moving to be near my old friends in Cambridge almost every day (there are no Park Slope/Williamsburg dreams for me)... but it seems I'm quite rooted here for now. And my armadillo skin helps when it comes to the he-who-talks-loudest-wins strategy out here -- it's only distressing when some of your closest comrades become those people.
Oh, they are colorful all right. I admit an occasional twinge of nostalgia for their portrayals by Fred Rexer, regrettably displaced to a shoveling detail at his ranch in Texas. As for me, there is little to choose betwixt bullshit and horseshit.
Re: -shit relativity -- so, really, is horseshit deeper than bullshit? I couldn't quite fathom it all. I must learn to use the right term in the right circumstance.
I think Gerald Cohen thinks that bullshit is more devious than horseshit. I think we better consult Fred about that. He has been practicing with both kinds.
There's no difference between horseshit and bullshit. Both are self-expository terms used by the intellectually handicapped and implicitly impotent in reference to efforts by more intelligent and powerful individuals to baffle, misdirect and disinform them. Be- cause users of the terms are revealing their inferiority by resorting to profanity and cheap emotionalism any attempt to fool them is almost always successful.
Nice! Thank you for the clarification! I prefer the sound of "horseshit" myself because it's less overused, and wish that "bullcrap" didn't sound so weird.
Incidentally, if you can put yourself in the shoes of the non-Francophone reader for a moment, could you tell me if I should invest in the new translation (http://www.amazon.com/Flowers-Evil-Wesleyan-Poetry/dp/081956799X/sr=8-2/qid=1170275776/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-2267326-3169745?ie=UTF8&s=books) of Les Fleurs du Mal from Wesleyan? I have the old Richard Howard edition, battered with much affection, but I would prefer a better one.
The little I can see via the search function on Amazon, looks good for what it is. To pass along a recommendation by Alonzo Church, consult the original alongside this translation.
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Date: 2007-01-29 07:47 pm (UTC)thank you
Date: 2007-01-30 07:40 am (UTC)Re: thank you
Date: 2007-01-30 07:13 pm (UTC)the asshats of our town
Date: 2007-01-30 07:22 pm (UTC)Re: the asshats of our town
Date: 2007-01-30 07:41 pm (UTC)Re: -shit relativity -- so, really, is horseshit deeper than bullshit? I couldn't quite fathom it all. I must learn to use the right term in the right circumstance.
the deeper pile of shit
Date: 2007-01-31 06:48 am (UTC)the less deceived
Date: 2007-01-31 06:12 pm (UTC)There's no difference between horseshit and bullshit. Both are
self-expository terms used by the intellectually handicapped and
implicitly impotent in reference to efforts by more intelligent and
powerful individuals to baffle, misdirect and disinform them. Be-
cause users of the terms are revealing their inferiority by resorting
to profanity and cheap emotionalism any attempt to fool them is
almost always successful.
All the Best!
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Re: the less deceived
Date: 2007-01-31 07:08 pm (UTC)Re: the less deceived
Date: 2007-01-31 08:26 pm (UTC)Re: the less deceived
Date: 2007-01-31 08:39 pm (UTC)Re: the less deceived
Date: 2007-02-01 01:06 am (UTC)